Comments on: Biggest Loser Trainer Sued For Pushing Supplements?

By: NOTBUYINGIT!

NOTBUYINGIT! — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:59:23 +0000

A pill “MAY” help you lose weight but only YOU CAN KEEP IT OFF!

Jillian knows better..

Weight loss is only the first step people!

Remember it is not about quick answers, its a lifestyle choice you need to make.

Your weight/health goals are not a “SPRINT” but a “MARATHON”, one you live with for the rest of your life.

So don’t stress about losing weight, enjoy learning something new about yourself.

By: Tiera

Tiera — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:36:31 +0000

Ok. This one, I am a little on the fence about. I love Jillian. I really admire her…a lot lol. I must admit, I never thought she would be the one putting pills on the market because she is so rampant about eating right and exercising. I may be a little disappointed about that, but my disappointment at the lady overshadows that. She knows that the only way she can lose weight is to exercise and learn something about self-control. She should learn more about food and what’s healthy or not. Now, when I say “self-control,” I don’t mean starve. I mean learning to listen to your body. That means eat [healthy foods] until you are no longer hungry, not necessarily until you clear your plate. That also doesn’t mean drastically cut your calories. Remember, weight loss is a gradual process. If your are used to consuming 3,000 calories a day, then lower your calorie intake to something reasonable like maybe, um, 2,200 calories a day. Then as your body re-adjusts, you can begin to lower your calorie intake some more. Don’t just go from consuming 3,00 calories daily to like 1,200 calories daily. My best advice would be to consult a nutritionist in order to get the proper diet plan.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:23:28 +0000

The exact ad you mention in the article is advertised next to it. LOL

By: Bernice

Bernice — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:12:30 +0000

There is a lot of crap out there that says it’s going to work and then doesn’t. It depends on body type as well. I think Christensen is just being a whiny cry baby and should just try soemthing else, like maybe exercise and a salad. Sounds like she’s the type of person who would sue McDonald’s for her weight gain. Maybe she should try Xenadrine and then sue Robbie or whoever from the Jersey Shore for endorsing that.

By: Dvine

Dvine — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:24:04 +0000

pills is not the answer.. ppl see celebrities pushing weight loss supplements and automatically believe this is how they got to look this way.. DUH, she is a trainer, she has a show.. ppl should know better.. ppl need to have more common sense.. If you read the labels on this diet pills, they always say, with moderate diet and exercise..

i feel sorry for her because i too struggle w/weight loss but i hope she doesn’t win… maybe she’ll use her better judgment..

Weight Watchers may have been a better option for her..

By: The Fitness Enthusiast

The Fitness Enthusiast — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:02:06 +0000

I do not know much about jillian micheals, all I know is I see her in the news often for doing something that is bad.

its like every other time i hear her name i hear she sold a crap supplement, or gave dangerous uneducated instruction on how to do a certain lift in a video.

so, right now, without knowing much about her, I am going to have to default to staying neutral, and say she is a good actress (she is on TV), with a questioned amount of knowledge about fitness.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:52:16 +0000

Now this is a hot ashy mess! it does tend to make one wonder if off camera, these people aren’t being solicited to take diet pills of some kind to increase their heart rate and adrenaline into losing weight quicker….hmmmmmmm. This article was/is an eye-opener for real.

By: I was wondering...

I was wondering... — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:42:26 +0000

A little late commenting on this post, however I do remember seeing her “diet pills” and being very disappointed. I had never watched the biggest loser, however a friend introduced me to JM’s workout videos a few years ago, and they made a big difference in my workout regimen. They pretty much jumpstarted my weight loss, and I began to look out for any videos that featured Jillian. In all of her workouts, she focused on hard work to see results. This is why I was so shocked and appalled by her endorsing a diet pill. I thought that someone stole her image as well, but the pills were on her website. I think that this is reckless use of her image and influence on Americans who are trying to become more healthy.
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By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:02:31 +0000

SMH. I just deleted her from my facebook “like” pages because of this. She promoted some caffeine pill yesterday to promote weight loss and I sat back and said to myself “Jillian, what happened to you?”

It is a huge contradiction, like you said her for her to promote all these workouts on the show and then push these pills on the side.

Money or not, you have to have common sense sometimes and she lost it when she agreed to have her face on these products.

By: Chocolate

Chocolate — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:47:12 +0000

I lost all respect for Jillian when she got into the hoopla of promoting diet products. She wanted to make fore money find another way of doing so instead of promoting false hopes of diet supplements.

By: Nix

Nix — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:08:35 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly with your post. I didn’t see why she went into the pill pushing business. To me it went against what she has been saying all along about hard work, exercise and diet… seriously!

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:42:01 +0000

I am going to hope this was just a misstep, a bad business decision on the part of her and her managers and that something like this won’t happpen again.

I’m hoping so, but it’s looking like she’s seeking to simply dominate the fitness industry now while her image is so big. Along with her new show coming this summer… I can’t help but wonder what other “products” we’ll see her name on in the future. Sigh.

By: Elita @ Blacktating

Elita @ Blacktating — Fri, 21 May 2010 16:34:43 +0000

How did I miss this? I have been defending Jillian in the blogosphere lately because I truly believe in her message. I have all of her work out DVDs. NONE of them are a joke. I love Jillian as a motivator. While you watch the DVDs, she is telling you how strong and healthy you are becoming. She has never (in my opinion) been about a number on the scale or fitting into skinny jeans. Jillian has always been about pushing your body to its physical limits so that you can become stronger and that when you become stronger, you will notice it in every aspect of your life. One of my favorite things she says during The Shred is, “I know this is hard, but if I am going to make big promises to you guys, you’re going to have to work hard for them. That knot in your gut right now is fear leaving the body.” Man, this makes me sad. I am going to hope this was just a misstep, a bad business decision on the part of her and her managers and that something like this won’t happpen again.

Oh, and I’ve never seen the Biggest Loser. I learned about Jillian through one of my favorite bloggers who used the Shred to lose the baby weight and blogged her experience with pictures on her website.

By: Erika

Erika — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:34:24 +0000

It’s just such a contradiction – you became famous from a show that pushes the virtues of hard work. So make money on the side selling the easy way “out?” You’re joking. Orrr…. maybe this is just another sign that we need to be careful with the people to whom we grant credibility? Hmmmm!

Tracy, I knew you’d feel me!

Phluffy (love that name, LOL), that’s why I don’t want to really go in on Biggest Loser at all… because my opinion is an unpopular one. VERY unpopular, LOL.

Cryssy, I’ve heard nothing but good things about the 30 Day Shred, so I’ll take your word for it on that one, LOL.

By: Cryssy

Cryssy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:30:38 +0000

i will say her 30 day shred is no joke and gives you a really good work out! As for this other foolishness Jilian knows better you’re right! I can’t for the life of my why she would think that this would be ok?!

By: PhluffyPrincess

PhluffyPrincess — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:38:26 +0000

My goodness – I could not agree with you more. I am seriously disappointed in Michaels. I bought into the Biggest Loser, hook, line and sinker. Bought a NordicTrack elliptical, the 30 day shred, etc. all endorsed by Jillian. And the thing is, its just like you stated, attaching her name to this product is just her way of getting paid. Which I cannot respect. With any profession, integrity is crucial and she just lost a huge portion of hers.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:22:27 +0000

I agree with this post. When I first started seeing the products, I thought I was tripping. For someone that wants us to lose weight healthily, how can she push a diet pill? Specifically, she has a product that is a “detox,” or some sort of “jump start.” Do we really need to jump start our weight loss? Does she jump start the people that appear in the Biggest Loser? Jillian is living a double life. She is preaching one thing on the Biggest Loser, yet saying something else (via advertisement and the use of her likeness on these products) in an effort to make some cheddar. I can’t hate on her for making her money, but she’s killing her credibility.